Hello there.
Maybe you can help me. I try to make a non-readable font, where the characters are different frames. It’s like an “art project.”
Last year I found something similar in concept.. But instead of the characters.. the frames where in the master layers. So when you used the “variable slider” you started the animation.
It was interesting… but I cannot find the website where it was.
Maybe you can help me in this… did you found something similar like that?
Two relevant typefaces that come to mind are F.C. Variable and Kablammo…
There are some different options for making animation frames as characters, as done with these two fonts: by typing/swapping you move the animation forward. Needs some extra magic on the back end though. There is also the possibility to animate through contextual alternates as is done by Hansje van Halem and Just van Rossum in the Lowlands 2022 identity (Look towards the bottom of the page for animated examples).
For fluid animation you can indeed have a look at variable fonts: I have a small writeup and downloadable example if you want to learn more.